Gem
Scarab
Seal (Object)
29-128-551
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-551 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 520-480 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Obsidian | Glass |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Minerva | Athena Promachos |
| Description | Sommerville: Obsidian. A Phoenician scarabeus, Minerva. Archaic. Phoenician Amulets, Seals, Scarabei, Etc, Case GG. Goddesses; Athena Promachos to left; groundline, hatched border; dark brown glass |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 551 - Sommerville Gem Number | E13094 - Old Museum Number |
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